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8428 views by 1 April 20153866 views by 13 July 2014Loaded to RB Sept. 2009

Featured in the “Creative Cards” Group, as well as being selected as that groups avatar for Nov. 09 through Mar. 2010.Also Featured in the “Inspired Art Group”; Jan. 2010Featured in “American Southwest” group 3/13/10Featured in “Paint the West” group 6/18/10Featured in “THE GROUP” group 7/6/11Featured in “Friends of Redbubble” 4/1/15Featured in “ARIZONA” 4/19/15

I’ve decided this is a valid RB ‘card’ design because it may communicate the concept of a simple, more grounded (earthier) faith to some one who might never see the actual chapel, but get this essence.

In Tucson, Arizona the most well known local artist is Ted DeGrazia. He died in the early ’80’s but his Gallery in the Sun, at his rustic desert foothills property still thrives and is now a tourist attraction.

They allow other artists to have shows at their “Little Gallery” and it’s there with my soon to be new mother-in-law that we shared a show in 1997, with her marble sculptures and my pen & ink sketches of Boulders of the Dragoon mountains.

There was lots of spare time while ‘sitting’ our show, so a series of DeGrazia Gallery sketches were made. This one is of the rustic adobe, mostly roofless, chapel Ted built years before.

Sentimentally the building holds great meaning for me, as it does for many. Diane and I were married there in ‘98 and Adele’s memorial service was held there a few years later.

I made a version for tee shirts in Photoshop.

SOLD: 4 cards over 3 years to 2014; A *pillow 6/12/14;

COOL CARDSTICKERS R FUNJust in case anyone reads this and CRAVES to see more of this artist’s works from his 3 RB sites, then you can CLICK ON the “FIRST TAG” below (jlh designs) and there’ll be pages of his artistic expressions! Enjoy ;-)))

You are welcome. My sense is that there are not many who come to RB to understand what its full potential, really what its requirements are, in order to best present our (so called) best work. You’ve decided (IMHO) to hold the ‘high ground’, and that’s not likely to bring immediate (or ever) real appreciation. (slightly sad smile) So please accept my simple ‘thank you’ and at the same time forgive me for being like many (with time constraints and excuses) for not producing more well presented art.(Now a big smile!)James